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Jerry Liu · Jul 9, 2023

How Naming Shapes Our Conversations

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At dinner the other day my Chinese dad brought up whether English had a term for the Chinese word 鲜. In fact, there is: umami. But it’s not a word common for English learners, and I think even native speakers may not use the word frequently or have encountered it at all, unless they have an interest in cooking. 
 The word itself, as you may be able to tell, is loaned from Japanese, which…

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